WDJZ
- South Daytona, Florida
- WDAT (1957–1959)
- WELE (1959–1981)
- WZIP (1981–1988)
- WPUL (1988–2022)
- 1,000 watts day
- 47 watts night
WDJZ (1590 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to South Daytona, Florida, and serving the Daytona Beach metropolitan area. It is owned by Glenn Cherry and it broadcasts a smooth jazz radio format.
WDJZ is powered at 1,000 watts by day, 47 watts at night, using a non-directional antenna. The transmitter is on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Daytona Beach.[1] Programming is also heard on 220-watt FM translator W264DP at 100.7 MHz in Daytona Beach.[2]
History
The station signed on the air in 1957 under the call sign WDAT. It was a country-western station. Its call letters changed to WELE in 1959, and its format changed to an R&B music format in 1963 before going back to country by 1967.[3] In 1981, the station took on new call letters WZIP and became an oldies station before returning to country in 1986.[3]
In 1988, a group of investors who were graduates of the historically black Morehouse College bought WZIP. The call letters changed to WPUL and format changed to urban contemporary.[4]
Until 2022, WPUL broadcast progressive talk radio shows including The Thom Hartmann Program and The Stephanie Miller Show as well as various African-American-oriented shows including Keepin' It Real with Al Sharpton and locally produced shows.[5]
The station was silent beginning on February 17, 2014, as station owners sought a new broadcast tower site.[4]
On September 16, 2022, the station changed its call sign to WDJZ, which stands for Daytona Jazz.
References
External links
- WDJZ in the FCC AM station database
- WDJZ in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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